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Jonas Dagys (born December 4, 1977 in Vilnius) – doctor of philosophy, social activist, tennis referee.

Biography
He attended the 23rd Secondary School in Vilnius. Graduated from Vilnius University with a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Philosophy. Jonas Dagys holds a Master's degree in Philosophy (MPhil) from Central European University (CEU). Studied at the 23rd secondary school in Vilnius.

In 2006 he defended his PhD thesis at Vilnius University and since then he has been working at the Department of The History of Philosophy and Analytic Philosophy (formerly known as the Department of the History of Philosophy and Logic). From 2018 to 2023, he was the Director of the Institute of Philosophy at Vilnius University. In 2023, Jonas Dagys took up the position of Dean of the VU Faculty of Philosophy.

In addition to academic work, Jonas Dagys also participates in various philosophical organizations and activities. For several years in a row, he has been a member of the committees of several Lithuanian philosophical associations (and other organizations). Since 2013 Jonas Dagys became a member of the Board of the Lithuanian Philosophical Association, and served as its Vice President in 2016-2019.

Jonas Dagys is the first International Tennis Federation (ITF) referee in Lithuania (1997 – White, 2003 – Bronze, 2010 – Silver badges of the International Tennis Federation). He has refereed international tennis tournaments in Lithuania - the President's Cup of the Republic of Lithuania, the Vitas Gerulaitis Memorial Tournament, as well as international tournaments abroad - Wimbledon, the Swedish Championships, the Saint Petersburg, the Stockholm ATP series, and the Davis Cup meetings in Lithuania, Latvia, and Ukraine.

Jonas Dagys was a member of the Board of the Lithuanian Tennis Union and Chairman of the Panel of Judges from 2003 to 2018, and in 2018 he became Vice President of the Union.

Scientific activity
Vilnius University philosopher Jonas Dagys has worked as a visiting professor at foreign universities, including the University of Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre in south-western Slovakia.

He is a member of professional associations, as well as the editorial boards of Lithuanian and foreign scientific journals, such as: journal Problemos (since 2009); journal Philosophica Critica (since 2015).

Jonas Dagys has published many scientific articles and books on various philosophical topics. Some of his most famous works: "Representing Buridan's divided modal propositions in firstorder logic", "Frege’s Bedeutung" , "Analytical Philosophy of Language and Science in Lithuania".